Man charged in Asheville bank robbery

City police arrested a Winston-Salem man today on charges that he robbed an Asheville Savings Bank branch Nov. 8.

Jonathan Mark Carlyle, 37, was charged with felony counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm by a felon and a misdemeanor count of going armed to the terror of people.

A warrant says he threatened the use of a 9 mm handgun when he robbed the bank at 1879 Hendersonville Road in Skyland and took $5,500 in cash.

Workers at a nearby business found a backpack containing a large sum of cash that appeared to have been damaged by a dye-pack device, according to an application for a search warrant filed after the robbery.